Tag Archives: effective questioning

This weekend’s Wall Street Journal had this great piece by Rob Lazebnik – called It’s True: You Talk Too Much – and it brought me back to a post I did in June on developing good question-askers. In the article … Continue reading →

A friend (and parent) and I got talking about this the other evening: Imagine you’re moving to a new state, a new city, but before you decide on a neighborhood and therefore a school for your kids, you want some … Continue reading →

I got a great long note from my former student Maija Langeland Scarpaci, who taught high school Spanish for several years. Let me just move aside and let her do the talking: During my last teaching job, I taught the … Continue reading →

I’ve been thinking about rigor these past few weeks, as I’ve had the chance to be in schools and classrooms – always a treat. Just what constitutes rigor in the classroom? What does it mean for students to step up … Continue reading →